The KAP has said the state parliament sitting in Townsville was a wasted opportunity for the north, with key bills affecting the region not on the agenda.
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Their call comes as fellow cross-brencher Jason Costigan's question time request for the state premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to consider a referendum for state for North Queensland was rejected.
Ms Palaszczuk did not use her three minute response to directly rule it out but said Queenslanders were better when they worked together.
The KAP did not have the opportunity to ask a question during Wednesday's evening session which attracted over hundred members of the public to the Townsville Entertainment Centre but used a media conference earlier to promote their own housing bill with all three of their state members present.
While the house debated the state government's new transport billing to toughen up drink-driving laws, KAP member for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto speaking on behalf of the party, said they asked the government last week to put more specific North Queensland bills on the agenda.
"That was rejected but what we've done is tabled this monetary bill talking about a first time home owners' grant," Mr Dametto said.
Mr Dametto said the current situation only allow first time owners qualify for a grant if they were buying a new home not an existing home.
"We want to bring back people to the region," Mr Dametto said.
"People are telling us we need to decentralise Brisbane and this bill will incentivise that.
"If you want to move out to places like Cloncurry, existing homes are cheap and surplus."
The bill proposes any property under $300,000 would qualify for the grant.
"We've got a surplus of homes in areas where houses simply aren't being built," Mr Dametto said.
The state parliament met in Townsville from Tuesday to Thursday.
Mr Dametto said other rural and regional issues that could have been discussed but weren't included youth crime, flying fox infestation, crocodile management.
"We're talking about things that affect rural and regional Queenslanders,' he said.
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